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Does anyone get this? When you create or modify a folder it comes up with the message "Could not find item this item" then when you click Try Again it works like it should It only seems to do this on the desktop

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[quote name='LimeMaster92' timestamp='1357307826' post='595432168']
Does anyone get this? When you create or modify a folder it comes up with the message "Could not find item this item" then when you click Try Again it works like it should It only seems to do this on the desktop

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I have a similar problem with a folder I created not so long ago, but not on the desktop, but on an external Drive. I tried deleting the folder, but it won't go away. Even though the folder is blank (NO HIDDEN CONTENT), it won't be deleted. I even try taking ownership to no avail.

I think the fastest way to solve this is either booting to linux (which I'm very lazy to try this out) and deleting the folder from there, or formatting the drive.

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Not sure if it's related but sometimes finished downloads in Firefox fail to write the file to the Desktop in Windows 7, something about not having permission to write or similar. Second attempt it works fine.

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use RD /S in cmd by running it as admin. I had the same problem and this fixed.

here's in detail:

1. Open command prompt (CMD) as admin. (Run it as admin)
2. Go to the Dir where that folder is located which you wanna delete. ( I hope ya all know how to do this... [cd c:] [cd users] [cd user name] [cd desktop] etc. )
3. Once you are in that dir, which contains that folder. Type :

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[quote name='DKAngel' timestamp='1357309931' post='595432232']
was this an upgrade? to windows 8 from 7 or clean install
i can create rename delte folders perfectly fine on my desktop definatly sure drive isnt failing? chkdsk?
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OK so it seems after performing a chkdsk and a restart it seems to have sorted it

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I don't know but it worked fine on Windows 7 so I think they messed up somewhere whislt removing stuff

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My post was actually in regards to the grammar used. Using the word "this" above is just not up to Microsoft's standards - how did it pass through quality assurance? Never in the history of WIndows has there been grammatical errors.

"Could not find THIS item" - what item? And no full stop.
"THIS is no longer located..." - the word "this" should be replaced with the respective file/folders name.

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[quote name='68k' timestamp='1357738033' post='595442314']
My post was actually in regards to the grammar used. Using the word "this" above is just not up to Microsoft's standards - how did it pass through quality assurance? Never in the history of WIndows has there been grammatical errors.

"Could not find THIS item" - what item? And no full stop.
"THIS is no longer located..." - the word "this" should be replaced with the respective file/folders name.
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Opps must have misread the post

Also Vista had quite a few grammer/spelling issues Just look through the old posts on
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